Saint-Odilon-de-Cranbourne | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Southern Quebec |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in southern Quebec. |
Coordinates: | 46.3667°N -111°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Chaudière-Appalaches |
Subdivision Type3: | RCM |
Subdivision Name3: | Beauce-Centre |
Established Title1: | Constituted |
Established Date1: | July 1, 1855 |
Named For: | Pierre-François-Xavier-Odilon-Marie-Alphonse Paradis and Cranborne, England |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | André Labbé |
Leader Title1: | Federal riding |
Leader Name1: | Beauce |
Leader Title2: | Prov. riding |
Leader Name2: | Beauce-Nord |
Area Total Km2: | 130.50 |
Area Land Km2: | 130.61 |
Population Total: | 1407 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Density Km2: | 10.8 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Pop 2016-2021 |
Population Blank1: | 2.4% |
Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
Population Blank2: | 604 |
Timezone: | EST |
Utc Offset: | −5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
Postal Code: | G0S 3A0 |
Area Code: | 418 and 581 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
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Saint-Odilon-de-Cranbourne is a municipality in Beauce-Centre Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population is 1,407 as of the Canada 2021 Census. The municipality's name honours Reverend Pierre-François-Xavier-Odilon-Marie-Alphonse Paradis, the first priest of Saint-Odilon-de-Cranbourne, while "Cranbourne" comes from Cranborne, a village in East Dorset, England.
Dominating the eastern plateau of the Chaudière valley and bounded to the northeast by Lac-Etchemin, Saint-Odilon-de-Cranbourne offers an exceptional view and panorama. Benefiting from a unique geographical location, in the immediate vicinity of Highway 73 and the urban core of Beauce, Saint-Odilon-de-Cranbourne has been the scene of major residential and industrial development since 1990.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Odilon-de-Cranbourne had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 130.61km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[1]